Eleven leatherback turtles (棱皮龟) are swimming across the Pacific Ocean to the Galapagos Islands in a "race". It will be reported online to attract people’s attention to the situation of the endangered (濒危的) animals.
People have put small tracking devices (跟踪装备) on the turtles so that they can monitor their journeys as they head south from their birthplace to their feeding grounds near the Galapagos, about 1,500 km away.
People can choose a turtle online and track it at http://www.greatturtlerace.com. The turtle that travels furthest in two weeks’swimming will be the winner.
There is no prize for the winner of the "race". Rather, they just want to help people take notice of the dangers facing the animal that has lived in the oceans for 100 million years.
Scientists say 95 percent of the turtles in the Pacific Ocean have disappeared in the last 20 years, because of human activities like fishing, stealing their eggs and building near their homes.
Thousands of leatherback turtles lived at Playa Grande 10 years ago, but the number has dropped below 100 in the last 5 years.
The leatherback turtle "race" will not be broadcast on TV at the same time because the turtles leave Costa Rica at different times. Instead, a group will provide a day-to-day showing of the first 14 days of their journeys at the same time as if they were racing.
The activity will collect money to protect Playa Grande.
1.Why will the website report the "race"?
A. To let people know about a turtle’s habitat.
B. To tell people how to find turtles in the ocean.
C. To let people know the winner of the "race".
D. To attract people’s attention to the endangered species.
2.According to the passage, Playa Grande is ___.
A. the end of the "race"
B. one of the places where the turtles live
C. the starting place of the "race"
D. a place the turtles will have to pass in the race
3.What can we know from the passage?
A. The purpose of the "race" is to teach people more about turtles.
B. The "race" will be tracked by people in the ocean.
C. You can choose more than one turtle at http://www.greatturtlerace.com.
D. Most of the turtles in the Pacific Ocean have disappeared.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Endangered Turtles "Race" Across the Pacific
B. Endangered Turtles Are Moving to Their Homes
C. Leatherback Turtles’Homes Are Being Lost
D. Endangered Turtles "Race" Against Humans
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Eleven leatherback turtles (棱皮龟) are swimming across the Pacific Ocean to the Galapagos Islands in a "race". It will be reported online to attract people’s attention to the situation of the endangered (濒危的) animals.
People have put small tracking devices (跟踪装备) on the turtles so that they can monitor their journeys as they head south from their birthplace to their feeding grounds near the Galapagos, about 1,500 km away.
People can choose a turtle online and track it at http://www.greatturtlerace.com. The turtle that travels furthest in two weeks’swimming will be the winner.
There is no prize for the winner of the "race". Rather, they just want to help people take notice of the dangers facing the animal that has lived in the oceans for 100 million years.
Scientists say 95 percent of the turtles in the Pacific Ocean have disappeared in the last 20 years, because of human activities like fishing, stealing their eggs and building near their homes.
Thousands of leatherback turtles lived at Playa Grande 10 years ago, but the number has dropped below 100 in the last 5 years.
The leatherback turtle "race" will not be broadcast on TV at the same time because the turtles leave Costa Rica at different times. Instead, a group will provide a day-to-day showing of the first 14 days of their journeys at the same time as if they were racing.
The activity will collect money to protect Playa Grande.
1.Why will the website report the "race"?
A. To let people know about a turtle’s habitat.
B. To tell people how to find turtles in the ocean.
C. To let people know the winner of the "race".
D. To attract people’s attention to the endangered species.
2.According to the passage, Playa Grande is ___.
A. the end of the "race"
B. one of the places where the turtles live
C. the starting place of the "race"
D. a place the turtles will have to pass in the race
3.What can we know from the passage?
A. The purpose of the "race" is to teach people more about turtles.
B. The "race" will be tracked by people in the ocean.
C. You can choose more than one turtle at http://www.greatturtlerace.com.
D. Most of the turtles in the Pacific Ocean have disappeared.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Endangered Turtles "Race" Across the Pacific
B. Endangered Turtles Are Moving to Their Homes
C. Leatherback Turtles’Homes Are Being Lost
D. Endangered Turtles "Race" Against Humans
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PLAYA GRANDE, COSTA RICA----This resort town was long known for Leatherback Sea Turtle（棱皮龟）National Park, nightly turtle beach tours and even a sea turtle museum. However, on a beach where dozens of turtles used to nest on a given night, scientists spied only 32 leatherbacks all of last year.
With leatherbacks threatened with extinction, Playa Grande’s turtle museum was abandoned （抛弃）three years ago and now sits among a sea of weeds. And the beachside ticket office for turtle tours was washed away by a high tide in September. “We do not promote that as a turtle tourism destination any more because we realize there are far too few turtles to please,” said Alvaro Fonseca, a park ranger.（管理员）
Even before scientists found temperatures going up over the past decade, sea turtles were threatened by beach development, drift net fishing and Costa Ricans’ interest in eating turtle eggs. But climate change may cause the most serious harm to an animal that has lived in the Pacific for 150 million years.
Sea turtles are sensitive to numerous effects of warming. They feed on reefs, which are dying in hotter seas. They lay eggs on beaches that are being covered by rising seas and more violent waves.
More uniquely（独特地）, their gender is determined not by genes but by the egg’s temperature during development. Small rises in beach temperatures can result in all-female populations, obviously problematic for survival. If the sand around the eggs hits 30 degrees Celsius, the gender balance shifts to female; at about 32 degrees they are all female. Above 34, you get boiled eggs.
On some nesting beaches, scientists are artificially cooling nests with shade or irrigation and trying to protect broader areas of coastal property from development to ensure that turtles have a place to nest as the seas rise.
1.Why does the resort town stop promoting its turtle tourism?
A.It decides not to disturb the turtles’ normal life.
B.Tourists have lost interest in watching turtles.
C. There are only very few turtles now. D. The turtle museum was destroyed by a high tide.
2. Which of the following is the major factor in the turtles’ endangerment?
A. The locals’ eating habit. B. Drift net fishing. C. Beach development. D. Global warming.
3. The underlined word “gender” in Paragraph 5 means ____.
A. the sex of turtles B. the habit of turtles C. the weight of turtles D. the kind of turtles
4. We learn from the last paragraph that scientists ____.
A. are doing research on the sea rise B. are moving turtles to new homes
C. are protecting turtles’ nests D. are going rid of sea weeds
5. The passage intends to ____.
A. introduce a special kind of sea turtle B. explain the mystery of turtles’ eggs
C. show the dangers a certain kind of sea turtle is facing
D. attract more visitors to a sea turtle museum
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1.It is amazing that the little girl can swim across the river measures 50 meters wide.
2.Tom, together with his parents, go to the park every Sunday.
3.The book you referred just now is not in the library. Someone may have borrowed it.
4.We have made great progresses in English study in the past few years.
5.The room was empty apart from one man sitting besides the fire.
6.Before you write your report on the life of Washington, you should make sure your facts.
7.The radio is old; but, it is in good order.
8.There are less boys than girls in my class.
9.The escaped prisoner was close to be shot by the police.
10.I find that the new pen is easy to write.
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An American cancer survivor ha become he first person to swim across the English Channel four times on end.
Sarah Thomas, 37, completed the great achievement on Tuesday after over 54 hours of swimming. Her record-breaking achievement came just a year after she completed treatment for breast cancer (乳腺癌).
In a video on Facebook, a small group of people could be seen cheering on the swimmer from Colorado as she made her final arrival to beach at Dover. Supporters congratulated Mrs. Thomas on her non-stop swim, handing her chocolate and other gifts. In the video, Mrs. Thomas admitted to feeling “a little sick” but said she had been encouraged to keep going by her husband and her team.
Before the start of her challenge, Mrs. Thomas wrote that she was “fearful” and admitted she was “going to need some luck”.
In a Facebook post made on Saturday, she dedicated (奉献) the swim “to all the survivors out there”, adding, “This is for those of us who have wondered hopelessly about what comes next, and have overcome the pain bravely.”
After her swim, Mrs. Thomas said, “I’m really tired and I’m losing my voice from all the salt water.” Asked what the worst part of her challenge was, she said, “Probably dealing with the salt water over two days. It really hurts your throat, your mouth and your tongue.” She praised her support team for helping her stay strong, adding that she was very prepared for the weather, currents(k it)and cold water. “I feel just mostly stunned right now. I just can’t believe that we did it.”
1.What’s the attitude of Mrs. Thomas’s husband to her swimming challenge?
A.He refuses to support her.
B.He never cares about it at all.
C.He is angry about her decision.
D.He encourages her to keep trying.
2.What was the biggest challenge for Mrs. Thomas?
A.The weather. B.The currents.
C.The salt water. D.The cold water.
3.What does the underlined word “stunned” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A.Frightened. B.Surprised.
C.Upset. D.Powerful.
4.What’s the best title for the text?
A.A Successful Swimmer
B.A Woman Beat Breast Cancer
C.A Record-breaking Achievement
D.A Cancer Survivor Made a New Record
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（A）新概念
Across the Channel
Debbie Hart is going to swim 1._____________ the English Channel tomorrow. She is going to 2._____________ from the French coast at five o'clock in the morning. Debbie is only fourteen years old and she hopes lo 3.______________a new world record. She is a strong 4._____________and many people feel that she is sure to5._____________. Debbie's father will set out with her in a small boat. Mr. Hart has trained his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will be watching her 6._____________ as she swims the long 7._____________ to England. Debbie 8.______________to take short rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she will not eat any 9.______________food.
Most of Debbie's school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast. 10.______________ them will be Erna's mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.
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It is amazing that the little boy can swim ______the river ______100 meters wide.
A．across; measuring B．over; measured
C．across; to measure D．through; measuring
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With no bridge, they had to swim across the river to the _______ bank to ______ the news.
A. other; access B. another; replace C. opposite; spread D. other’s; indicate
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It’s really unbelievable! Can you _______ her swimming across the English Channel?
A. imagine B. suppose C. mind D. think
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It is amazing that the little boy can swim ________the river ________100 meters wide.
A．across; measuring B．over; measured
C．across; measure D．through; measuring
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
It is amazing that the little boy can swim ________the river ________100 meters wide.
A．across; measuring B．over; measured
C．across; measure D．through; measuring
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